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L. W. LOUGHARY.

GATE.

No. 408.351. Patented Aug. 6, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,351, dated August6, 1889. Application filed April 27, 1889. Serial No. 308,806 (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, LAFAYETTE \V. LOUGH- ARY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Monmouth, in the county of Polk and State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to gates of that class usually employed on farmsacross roadways, where it is desirable to open the gate from horsebackor from a vehicle without dismount ing or alighting, and after passingthrough to close it again.

The invention consists of a swinging gate, a latch for holding the samein closed or in opened position, levers for opening or closing the gatefrom either side, and cords or chains connecting said levers with thegate and with the latch thereon, all as will be fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the appended drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedgate complete, shown in its closed position Fig. 2 is' a plan Viewthereof, showing the gate open. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the gateproper, the Fig. 4: is an enlarged detached front elevation of thepulley and bracket, and Fig. 5 is a central vertical section of saidpulley.

The same letters of reference are applied to similar parts throughout.

The letter A designates the main post, to which the gate proper B ishinged, A the latch-post, and A A the leverposts, of which there aretwo. The latch-post carries a main catch a, beveled in both directions,as shown in Fig. 2, and in the gate 13 is a horizontally-slidinglatch-bar O, pressed normally outward from the hinge-bar b by a spring0. An arm D is pivoted at (Z to the gate and at its lower end (at d) tothe latch-bar O.

Each lever-post A carries a catch a beveled in one direction, so thatthe end of the latchbar 0 will ride thereon and spring into said catchwhen the gate is swung open. Near the upper end of each post- A one armof an L-shaped lever E is pivoted, the other arm standing normally in anearly-horizontal position and projecting away from the gate alongsidethe road. A diagonal brace e connects the two arms near their elbow'toafford greater strength.

Upon the top of the rear vertical bar 1) of the gate is mounted a flatbracket F, braced by one or more braces f, and on this bracket ispivoted on a vertical pivot a pulley G. (Shown more clearly in Figs. 4and 5.) This pulley has two complete peripheral grooves g near its upperend and around its center, respectively, and in its lower edgein frontand in rear are arc-shaped recesses 71, engaging pins orstuds H in theupper face of the bracket F. Cords or chains I extend from the elbows ofthe levers E and pass in opposite directions to the rear of and half-wayaround said pulley, being attached to pinst' in the front face thereof.Although I have shown and described and in fact prefer two grooves g inthe pulley, wherein the cords Irun separately, yet one groove and onecord will suffice, the latter being carried halfway around the pulley,secured to a single pin 1' in its front face, and then continued onaround the pulley and led to the other lever. In this case, however, thecord would chafe on itself at the rear of the pulley and soon wear out,whereas if two grooves are employed such wearing will not occur. Atquartering-points y' on said pulley near its lower end are secured twoother cords J, which are led thence forward along the upper edge of thegate over and around a pulley Z), journaled in the upper end of thefront vertical. bar B of the gate, and thence back to the upper end ofthe latch-operating arm D, all as clearly seen in the drawings.

The operation is as follows: The gate being closed and latched, if nowan equestrian ap proaches along the road from either side and desires topass through, he depresses the free arm of the lever E. The result is atension on the cord I, connected to said lever, which tension firstturns the pulley G slightly on its pivot2. e., to the limit allowed bythe recesses h and studs H-drawing on one cord J and releasing latch-barC from the main catch tension on cord I and the additional force exertedby a further depression of lever E continues the rotation of the pulleyl, the ends of whose recesses 7r are now exerting a conhen this hastaken place, the pent-up IOO siderable torsional force on the studs H,and the gate is swung forcibly open to the position shown in Fig. 2,when the latch-bar C automatically engages the catch a and holds thegate open. The operator now drives through. When on the other side, hedepresses the free end of the other leverE. The result is preciselysimilar, excepting that the gate being now latched in open position thelatch-bar C is first disengaged from the catch a by the force exerted,after which the same force continued closes the gate, it latchesautomatically, and the operator travels on.

The particular advantages of my invention are that the gate neverremains unlatched either in open or closed position, swinging in thewind, or liable to be opened by swine, sheep, or other cattle, as is thecase withmany farm-gates now on the market; als0,'it opens from theoperator, thereby not necessitating his stopping to operate it,especially if the lever-posts A be set at a considerable distance fromthe gate. Again, the levers E may be quite high and within easy accessof an operator 011 horseback or in a vehicle, as pedestrians can operatethe latch-bar 0 directly by hand. At the same time the device is simple,cheap, reliable, positive, and not likely to break or get readily out oforder.

WVhat I claim as new and as comprising the salient points of myinvention is- 1. The gate 13, having a bracket F on its rear verticalbar, and the latch-bar C in said gate, in combination with the pulley G,pivoted on said bracket, said pulley having arc-shaped recesses h,engaging studs II in said bracket for the purpose set forth, cords J,connecting said pulley with said latch-bar and adapted to unlatch it,cords I, wound around said pulley in opposite directions and ledtherefrom, and levers for drawing 011 said lastmentioned cords,substantially as described.

2. The pulley G, having the grooves g, with pins 2' in the front facethereof, and the arcshaped recesses h, in combination with the gate B,the bracket F thereon, to which said pulley G is pivoted, studs H onsaid bracket engaging said recesses h, the latch O, the cords J,connecting said latch to side points of said pulley, levers E, and cordsI, wound in opposite directions around said pulley within said groovesand attached to said pins, the whole adapted to operate substantially asdescribed.

3. The latch-post A, carrying the two-way latch a, the lever-posts Acarrying the oneway latches a the main post A, the gate B,'

hinged thereto, the spring-operated latch-bar C, sliding in said gate,and the arm D, pivoted to said gate and latch-bar, in combination withthe bracket'F on the rear vertical bar of said gate, the studs H on saidbracket, the pulley G, pivoted on said bracket and having arc-shapedrecesses h, engaging said studs, the pulley b, journalcd in the frontvertical bar of said gate, the cords J, leading from the free end ofsaid arm D around said pulley l) and connected to opposite sides of saidpulley G, the levers E, pivoted to said lever-posts A and the cords I,leading from said levers and wound in opposite direotions around saidpulley G, the whole constructed and operating substantially ashereinbefore described.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

LAFAYETTE WV. LOUGHARY.

Vll nesses:

U.-S. LOUGHARY, JNo. J. DALY.

